glucoregulatory

English

Etymology

gluco- +‎ regulatory

Adjective

glucoregulatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to glucoregulation.
    • 1989, Margo P. Cohen, The Brain as an Endocrine Organ, page 59:
      Some of the known glucoregulatory effects of narcotic drugs and endogenous opioid peptides may participate in the proposed role of the opioid system in the adaptation to starvation.
    • 2015 August 28, “Novel Small Molecule Agonist of TGR5 Possesses Anti-Diabetic Effects but Causes Gallbladder Filling in Mice”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Overall, these data suggest that the glucoregulatory benefits for TGR5 agonists in rodents for the treatment of diabetes and metabolic syndrome likely cannot be separated from concurrent pharmacology in the gallbladder.
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